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Canadian and International Olympics news from Sun Media's team of sports journalists.Fri, 07 Mar 2014 18:51:41 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.3Even Paralympians are getting stuck in Sochi bathroomshttp://blogs.canoe.ca/podium/olympics/even-paralympians-are-getting-locked-in-sochi-bathrooms/
http://blogs.canoe.ca/podium/olympics/even-paralympians-are-getting-locked-in-sochi-bathrooms/#commentsThu, 06 Mar 2014 22:43:47 +0000http://blogs.canoe.ca/podium/?p=8961Yep, Sochi still be having problems.

With the Winter Paralympics set to kick off Friday, there are still issues with accommodations in the athletes’ village.

Much like ex-CFLer and American Olympic bobsledder Johnny Quinn last month, U.S. sled hockey goaltender Steve Cash was locked inside a Sochi bathroom Thursday.

]]>http://blogs.canoe.ca/podium/olympics/loserkeepsbieber-billboard-gets-post-canada-win-makeover/feed/2Canadian women’s Olympic team left a message for the menhttp://blogs.canoe.ca/podium/olympics/canadian-womens-olympic-team-had-a-message-for-the-men/
http://blogs.canoe.ca/podium/olympics/canadian-womens-olympic-team-had-a-message-for-the-men/#commentsFri, 21 Feb 2014 22:04:16 +0000http://blogs.canoe.ca/podium/?p=8541Canada’s golden girls left the country on a hockey high Thursday after beating the U.S. for gold and hungry for seconds Friday as the boys were set to face America in the semifinals.

It was a tough act to follow, but the gals wanted to spur their fellow Canadians on.

National women’s team veteran Hayley Wickenheiser, goalie Shannon Szabador and forward Brianne Jenner left a special note in the arena’s locker room, spotted by CTV, to inspire the men’s team to victory

]]>http://blogs.canoe.ca/podium/olympics/canadian-womens-olympic-team-had-a-message-for-the-men/feed/1Fan defaces Canadian snow flag on rink. UPDATE: No he didn’thttp://blogs.canoe.ca/podium/olympics/u-s-fan-defaces-canadian-flag-on-rink/
http://blogs.canoe.ca/podium/olympics/u-s-fan-defaces-canadian-flag-on-rink/#commentsFri, 21 Feb 2014 13:11:59 +0000http://blogs.canoe.ca/podium/?p=8451Here’s a little something to get you riled up for today’s semifinal men’s hockey game between Canada and the U.S. at the Sochi Olympics (noon EST).

This aggression will not stand, man.

UPDATE: Turns out it’s a dad from Toronto who just made a cool looking video. No insult intended. We can put the maple syrup cannons back in the shed.

]]>http://blogs.canoe.ca/podium/olympics/u-s-fan-defaces-canadian-flag-on-rink/feed/11Fan in blackface wearing P.K. Subban jersey spotted in Sochihttp://blogs.canoe.ca/podium/olympics/fan-in-blackface-wearing-p-k-subban-jersey-spotted-in-sochi/
http://blogs.canoe.ca/podium/olympics/fan-in-blackface-wearing-p-k-subban-jersey-spotted-in-sochi/#commentsWed, 19 Feb 2014 19:35:25 +0000http://blogs.canoe.ca/podium/?p=8321Sitting in the stands watching what nearly turned into a Canadian upset was a Canadian embarrassment.

QMI Agency photographer Ben Pelosse snapped this photo of a white fan attending the Canada-Latvia quarterfinal hockey game at the Sochi Olympics wearing blackface and holding a P.K. Subban jersey.

Blackface has historically been used to create a stereotyped caricature of black people. Subban is a Canadian of Jamaican descent.

This isn’t the first time fans of Subban have attended games in blackface. While he was a rookie with the Hamilton Bulldogs in 2010, a pair of Montreal Canadiens fans attended a Habs game in blackface wearing Subban shirts.

Shortly after the story broke, somebody started a Tumblr page and Twitter account sharing photos and screencaps that purportedly show Olympians — including a few many would recognize — who are using Tinder at the Games.

Added to the list Monday was St. Louis Blues centre and currently the most famous American hockey player in the world — T.J. Oshie.

Now, before we go jumping to conclusions, this information needs to be taken with a huge grain of salt.

There’s no way of verifying the information posted — both social media accounts are anonymous — and the reality is it’s not difficult to fake this kind of stuff. Tinder builds profiles based on information from a user’s Facebook page, so it’s possible the pictures and info came from a phony source. And of course, there’s also the possibility these were Photoshopped